Formula error of hard-coded structured references with Excel tables - excel

I'm trying to use structured references with Excel tables https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/using-structured-references-with-excel-tables-f5ed2452-2337-4f71-bed3-c8ae6d2b276e.
If I copy-paste the formula like =DeptSales[[Sales Person]:[Region]] in a cell, Excel returns an "There's a problem with this formula..." error.
One solution is to choose the Sales Person that the intellisense proposes:
I don't understand why hard-coded Sales Person is not accepted. Could anyone help?
PS: the version of my Excel for Windows:

Why dont you type = in the cell where you are putting the formula, then select the target cells with your mouse? Then it should work correctly.
I dont see the calculations that you want to do? Is it count or sum or something?
Please see my example below. It works fine.

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